About Piazza Design

Eric Secker founded Piazza Design in the winter of 2002. He has spent over eight years building web pages and designing graphics for his clients' websites using FrontPage, Dreamweaver, Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, digital photography, and his own personal artwork. He specializes in sites with well organized layouts and sites specifically tailored to target audiences. Eric also designs 3D CAD models for use in architectural and rendering programs and does independant consulting for nature organizations - including database work and statistical analysis. He is also an illustrator for the Illinois Ornithological Society's "Meadowlark" magazine and is a published, amatuer photographer.

"I grew up immersed in art. My parents were both into painting and photography. My mother was an art major - always encouraging me to explore my creative side. As a child, I was always drawing. I spent hours at home, in the car, at restaurants, and during church drawing anything that came to mind. Concepts like balance and complimentary colors became familiar to me at an early age. As early as first grade I started getting into technical designs and architecture."

"By the time I entered High School, I began experimenting with website design. I taught myself through trial and error, with the aid of books and online sites. Many of my early works went through rounds and rounds of improvements as I learned what elements worked well and looked good. After a few years of developing and refining my techniques, I decided to step into the field of freelance design in 2002."

-- Eric Secker